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tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/197487787Jane Goodall on InstinctTue, 24 Mar 2015 18:58:14 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/jane-goodall-on-instinct
00:08:32Blank on Blankno"Animals were my passion from even before I could speak apparently. When I was about 10, 11 I fell in love with Tarzan" - Jane Goodall, as told to Ira Flatow on Science Friday in 2002
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/jane-goodall-instinct-and-chimpanzees/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/196310769Buckminster Fuller on The Geodesic Life | The Experimenters Ep. 1Tue, 17 Mar 2015 13:42:47 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/blankonblank-buckminsterfuller-podcast
00:09:23Blank on Blankno"I must reorganize the environment of man by which then greater numbers of men can prosper"
- Buckminster Fuller as told to Studs Terkel
The Experimenters series: Icons of science, innovation and technology on what spurred their creativity.
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/buckminster-fuller-geodesic-dymaxion/"I must reorganize the environment of man by whic…"I must reorganize the environment of man by which then greater numbers of men can prosper"
- Buckminster Fuller as told to Studs Terkel
The Experimenters series: Icons of science, innovation and technology on what spurred their creativity.
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/buckminster-fuller-geodesic-dymaxion/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/195168815Lou Reed on Guns & AmmoTue, 10 Mar 2015 13:28:14 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/lou-reed-on-guns-ammo
00:06:31Blank on Blankno"I WRITE A SONG CALLED ‘HEROIN’, YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT I MURDERED THE POPE OR SOMETHING" - Lou Reed, as told to Joe Smith in 1987.
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/lou-reed-guns-ammo-the-velvet-underground/"I WRITE A SONG CALLED ‘HEROIN’, YOU WOULD HAVE T…"I WRITE A SONG CALLED ‘HEROIN’, YOU WOULD HAVE THOUGHT THAT I MURDERED THE POPE OR SOMETHING" - Lou Reed, as told to Joe Smith in 1987.
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/lou-reed-guns-ammo-the-velvet-underground/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/191297168B.B. King on The BluesSun, 15 Feb 2015 19:45:30 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/bb-king-on-the-blues
00:07:50Blank on Blankno"I don't like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch." - B.B. King as told to Joe Smith in September 1986.
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/bb-king-talks-about-the-blues-naming-lucille/"I don't like to feel that I owe anything. I like…"I don't like to feel that I owe anything. I like to feel that I pay my own way, no free lunch." - B.B. King as told to Joe Smith in September 1986.
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/bb-king-talks-about-the-blues-naming-lucille/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/187502817Elliott Smith on FreaksFri, 23 Jan 2015 17:08:31 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/elliott-smith-on-freaks
00:06:33Blank on Blankno"A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not."
- Elliott Smith in 1998, as told to Barney Hoskyns
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/elliott-smith-freaks/"A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy…"A lot of people are kind of depressed. I'm happy some of the time, and some of the time I'm not."
- Elliott Smith in 1998, as told to Barney Hoskyns
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/elliott-smith-freaks/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/182303854Wayne Coyne on Living with DeathFri, 19 Dec 2014 21:07:48 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/wayne-coyne-on-living-with-death
00:06:08Blank on Blankno"I’m pouring my guts out so they can feel like your guts at the same time" - Wayne Coyne, as told to Jennifer Van Evra by phone in 2002.
Watch the animated film version of this episode: http://blankonblank.org/interviews/wayne-coyne-living-with-death/"I’m pouring my guts out so they can feel like yo…"I’m pouring my guts out so they can feel like your guts at the same time" - Wayne Coyne, as told to Jennifer Van Evra by phone in 2002.
Watch the animated film version of this episode: http://blankonblank.org/interviews/wayne-coyne-living-with-death/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/181191666Robin Williams on MasksFri, 12 Dec 2014 15:33:27 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/robin-williams-on-masks
00:07:07Blank on Blankno"Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh, to make us realize we still are part animal." - Robin Williams, as told to Lawrence Grobel in a previously unheard interview from 1991. Watch the animated version in our PBS series:
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/robin-williams-masks-comedy-sex/"Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we…"Comedy is there to basically show us we fart, we laugh, to make us realize we still are part animal." - Robin Williams, as told to Lawrence Grobel in a previously unheard interview from 1991. Watch the animated version in our PBS series:
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/robin-williams-masks-comedy-sex/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/175371944Maya Angelou on Con MenTue, 04 Nov 2014 21:40:16 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/maya-angelou-on-con-men
00:07:01Blank on Blankno"The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing. If you’re greedy, you’re set up." - Maya Angelou in 1970, as told to Studs Terkel
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/maya-angelou-con-men/"The only way you can be a mark is if you want so…"The only way you can be a mark is if you want something for nothing. If you’re greedy, you’re set up." - Maya Angelou in 1970, as told to Studs Terkel
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/maya-angelou-con-men/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/174089114Liberace on PeacockingMon, 27 Oct 2014 16:31:45 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/liberace-on-peacocking
00:07:23Blank on Blankno"ANYONE THAT DARES BEGRUDGE WHAT I HAVE TODAY, JUST BETTER GET OFF THEIR DUFF AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT." - Liberace, 1968
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/liberace-on-peacocking/"ANYONE THAT DARES BEGRUDGE WHAT I HAVE TODAY, JU…"ANYONE THAT DARES BEGRUDGE WHAT I HAVE TODAY, JUST BETTER GET OFF THEIR DUFF AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT." - Liberace, 1968
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/liberace-on-peacocking/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/170482510Bette Davis on The SexesFri, 03 Oct 2014 15:57:07 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/bette-davis-on-the-sexes
00:07:26Blank on Blankno"I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman." - Bette Davis, 1963.
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/bette-davis-the-sexes/"I think men have got to change an awful lot. The…"I think men have got to change an awful lot. They still prefer the little woman." - Bette Davis, 1963.
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/bette-davis-the-sexes/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/168438890Michael Jackson on Godliness | Blank on BlankFri, 19 Sep 2014 14:07:48 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/michael-jackson-on-godliness-blank-on-blank
00:07:45Blank on Blankno"MY SINGING… I’LL JUST SAY IT SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE: IT’S JUST GODLY."
MJ in 1980. He required the interviewer, John Pidgeon, to first ask his questions to 13-year old Janet Jackson who then relayed them to Michael before he would respond.
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"MY SINGING… I’LL JUST SAY IT SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE:…"MY SINGING… I’LL JUST SAY IT SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE: IT’S JUST GODLY."
MJ in 1980. He required the interviewer, John Pidgeon, to first ask his questions to 13-year old Janet Jackson who then relayed them to Michael before he would respond.
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tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/157830174Meryl Streep on BeautyTue, 08 Jul 2014 16:18:56 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/meryl-streep-on-beauty
00:06:23Blank on Blankno"The thing that was relentless for me here was how you look… I couldn’t put up with it." - Meryl Streep
Unheard interview recorded in 2008
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/meryl-streep-beauty/"The thing that was relentless for me here was ho…"The thing that was relentless for me here was how you look… I couldn’t put up with it." - Meryl Streep
Unheard interview recorded in 2008
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/meryl-streep-beauty/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/153558201Philip Seymour Hoffman on HappinessMon, 09 Jun 2014 15:34:33 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/philip-seymour-hoffman-on-happiness
00:07:07Blank on Blankno"Learning how to die is therefore learning how to live"
From a conversation recorded at the Rubin Museum of Art in 2012
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From a conversation recorded at the Rubin Museum of Art in 2012
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/philip-seymour-hoffman-happiness/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/150503633David Bowie on StardustWed, 21 May 2014 00:44:43 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/david-bowie-on-stardust
00:06:35Blank on Blankno"I love to see people being dangerous” - David Bowie
From an interview recorded in 1988
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blankonblank.org/interviews/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust/"I love to see people being dangerous” - David Bo…"I love to see people being dangerous” - David Bowie
From an interview recorded in 1988
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blankonblank.org/interviews/david-bowie-ziggy-stardust/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/150409625Gene Wilder on The TruthTue, 20 May 2014 13:23:45 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/gene-wilder-on-the-truth
00:06:22Blank on Blankno"ON STAGE OR IN THE MOVIES I COULD DO WHATEVER I WANTED TO. I WAS FREE."
- Gene Wilder, 2007
Interview by Joe Smith
Recorded live at the 92nd Street Y
Hear the full interview http://92yondemand.org
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/gene-wilder-truth/"ON STAGE OR IN THE MOVIES I COULD DO WHATEVER I …"ON STAGE OR IN THE MOVIES I COULD DO WHATEVER I WANTED TO. I WAS FREE."
- Gene Wilder, 2007
Interview by Joe Smith
Recorded live at the 92nd Street Y
Hear the full interview http://92yondemand.org
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/gene-wilder-truth/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/145914276John Lennon and Yoko Ono on LoveTue, 22 Apr 2014 13:21:26 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-on-love
00:06:58Blank on Blankno"It's all true folks. All you need is love."
- John Lennon, 1969
Interview by Howard Smith
Hear the full interviews @ TheSmithTapes.com
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blankonblank.org/interviews/john-lennon-love/"It's all true folks. All you need is love."
- J…"It's all true folks. All you need is love."
- John Lennon, 1969
Interview by Howard Smith
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blankonblank.org/interviews/john-lennon-love/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/143698205Johnny Cash on The GospelTue, 08 Apr 2014 14:18:17 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/johnny-cash-on-the-gospel
00:07:03Blank on Blankno"I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on"
- Johnny Cash, 1996
Interview by Barney Hoskyns
Hear the full interview @ Rocksbackpages.com
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/johnny-cash-gospel/"I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on"…"I just hope and pray I can die with my boots on"
- Johnny Cash, 1996
Interview by Barney Hoskyns
Hear the full interview @ Rocksbackpages.com
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/johnny-cash-gospel/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/137968178Heath Ledger on Role PlayingWed, 05 Mar 2014 01:30:36 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/heath-ledger-on-role-playing
00:06:42Blank on Blankno"My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into"
- Heath Ledger
Interview by Christine Spines
Fall 2005, Cassette Tape
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/heath-ledger-on-role-playing/"My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of…"My nervous energy is usually the easiest form of energy to tap into"
- Heath Ledger
Interview by Christine Spines
Fall 2005, Cassette Tape
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/heath-ledger-on-role-playing/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/136495888Stan Getz on Wasted YearsMon, 24 Feb 2014 15:29:50 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/stan-getz-on-wasted-years
00:06:42Blank on Blankno"I’ve done some dastardly things, but what can I do except make amends and apologize?"
- Stan Getz, four years before he died
- Interview by Joe Smith
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"I’ve done some dastardly things, but what can I …"I’ve done some dastardly things, but what can I do except make amends and apologize?"
- Stan Getz, four years before he died
- Interview by Joe Smith
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tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/133049434Jimi Hendrix on The ExperienceTue, 04 Feb 2014 18:21:27 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/jimi-hendrix-on-the-experience
00:07:12Blank on Blankno"When things get too heavy just call me helium--the lightest known gas to man."
- Jimi Hendrix in his final interview on September 11, 1970.
Interview by Keith Altham in London
Hear the full interview @ rocksbackpages.com
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blankonblank.org/interviews/jimi-hendrix-on-the-experience/"When things get too heavy just call me helium--t…"When things get too heavy just call me helium--the lightest known gas to man."
- Jimi Hendrix in his final interview on September 11, 1970.
Interview by Keith Altham in London
Hear the full interview @ rocksbackpages.com
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blankonblank.org/interviews/jimi-hendrix-on-the-experience/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/128847732Barry White on Making LoveFri, 10 Jan 2014 16:52:09 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/barry-white-on-making-love
00:06:17Blank on Blankno"When a man is making love, the last thing he thinks about is war"
- Barry White
Interview by Joe Smith. April 3, 1987, Los Angeles
Tape recorder
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Interview recorded during the writing of Off the Record
Hear the full interview catalog at the Library of Congress"When a man is making love, the last thing he thi…"When a man is making love, the last thing he thinks about is war"
- Barry White
Interview by Joe Smith. April 3, 1987, Los Angeles
Tape recorder
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Interview recorded during the writing of Off the Record
Hear the full interview catalog at the Library of Congresstag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/125444580John Updike on Family AffairsWed, 18 Dec 2013 17:25:11 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/john-updike-on-family-affairs
00:06:06Blank on Blankno"There is the fear that you somehow neglected to say what was really yours to say" - John Updike
Interview by John Freeman, Spring 2002
Microcassette recorder
Freeman's full profile now part of the new book How to Read a Novelist
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/john-updike-on-family-affairs/"There is the fear that you somehow neglected to …"There is the fear that you somehow neglected to say what was really yours to say" - John Updike
Interview by John Freeman, Spring 2002
Microcassette recorder
Freeman's full profile now part of the new book How to Read a Novelist
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/john-updike-on-family-affairs/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/123085479Tupac Shakur on Life and DeathTue, 03 Dec 2013 20:39:24 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/tupac-shakur-on-life-and-death
00:06:26Blank on Blankno"If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play" - Tupac Shakur
Interview by Benjamin Svetkey, March 1994
Microcassette recorder. Related profile appeared in Entertainment Weekly
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/tupac-shakur-on-life-and-death/"If I was white I would have been like John Wayne…"If I was white I would have been like John Wayne... I feel like a tragic hero in a Shakespeare play" - Tupac Shakur
Interview by Benjamin Svetkey, March 1994
Microcassette recorder. Related profile appeared in Entertainment Weekly
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/tupac-shakur-on-life-and-death/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/120920122Grace Kelly on JFKTue, 19 Nov 2013 19:28:35 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/grace-kelly-on-jfk
00:06:40Blank on Blankno"He turned to me suddenly and asked: 'Is that a Givenchy you're wearing?' And I said, 'why how clever of you, Mr. President. However did you know?'"
- Grace Kelly
Interview by Paul Gallico / JFK Archives
June 19, 1965
Palace of the Principality, Monaco
Reel-to-reel
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/grace-kelly-on-jfk/"He turned to me suddenly and asked: 'Is that a G…"He turned to me suddenly and asked: 'Is that a Givenchy you're wearing?' And I said, 'why how clever of you, Mr. President. However did you know?'"
- Grace Kelly
Interview by Paul Gallico / JFK Archives
June 19, 1965
Palace of the Principality, Monaco
Reel-to-reel
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/grace-kelly-on-jfk/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/118681705Jerry Garcia on the Acid TestsTue, 05 Nov 2013 14:54:41 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/jerry-garcia-on-the-acid-tests
00:07:07Blank on Blankno"When we fell in with the Acid Tests we a started having the most fun we had ever had."
- Jerry Garcia
Interview by Joe Smith
May 23, 1988
Cassette Tape
Recorded during the writing of Off the Record
Hear the full interview catalog at The Library of Congress
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/jerry-garcia-on-the-acid-tests/"When we fell in with the Acid Tests we a started…"When we fell in with the Acid Tests we a started having the most fun we had ever had."
- Jerry Garcia
Interview by Joe Smith
May 23, 1988
Cassette Tape
Recorded during the writing of Off the Record
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/jerry-garcia-on-the-acid-tests/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/116858099Kurt Cobain. The lost interviewThu, 24 Oct 2013 15:31:17 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/kurt-cobain-on-identity-the
00:06:18Blank on Blankno"I even thought that I was gay. I thought that might be the solution to my problem." - Kurt Cobain
Interview by Jon Savage
July 22, 1993
Cassette tape
Profile appeared in The Observer
Hear the full interview at http://RocksBackpages.com
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/kurt-cobain-on-identity/"I even thought that I was gay. I thought that mi…"I even thought that I was gay. I thought that might be the solution to my problem." - Kurt Cobain
Interview by Jon Savage
July 22, 1993
Cassette tape
Profile appeared in The Observer
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/kurt-cobain-on-identity/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/116079104Ray Charles on Singing TrueSat, 19 Oct 2013 14:11:35 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/ray-charles-on-singing-true
00:06:30Blank on Blankno"If somebody don’t like something that I do, that’s his or her prerogative. Just like it’s mine" - Ray Charles.
Interview by Joe Smith
June 3, 1987
Cassette Tape
Audio from the Joe Smith Collection at The Library of Congress
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blankonblank.org/interviews/ray-charles-on-singing-true/"If somebody don’t like something that I do, that…"If somebody don’t like something that I do, that’s his or her prerogative. Just like it’s mine" - Ray Charles.
Interview by Joe Smith
June 3, 1987
Cassette Tape
Audio from the Joe Smith Collection at The Library of Congress
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blankonblank.org/interviews/ray-charles-on-singing-true/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/112634676Janis Joplin's Final InterviewThu, 26 Sep 2013 18:40:52 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/janis-joplins-final-interview
00:05:21Blank on Blankno"In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly."
- Janis Joplin
Interview by Howard Smith
September 30, 1970. By phone
TheSmithTapes.com
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/janis-joplin-on-rejection/"In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn'…"In my insides, it really hurts if someone doesn't like me. It's silly."
- Janis Joplin
Interview by Howard Smith
September 30, 1970. By phone
TheSmithTapes.com
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http://blankonblank.org/interviews/janis-joplin-on-rejection/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/102264125Fidel Castro 1959: the lost interviewTue, 23 Jul 2013 14:42:25 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/fidel-castro-1959-the-lost
00:09:32Blank on Blankno"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell. Hell itself." - Fidel Castro.
In 1959 an editor for U.S. News and World Report interviewed Fidel Castro weeks after the fall of Batista. No one has heard the tape. Until now.
Hear the story behind the interview and why Castro said he wasn't a communist and why it was a problem when American sailors went looking for entertainment in Guantanamo.
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"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here…"If this Revolution falls, what we will have here in Cuba is a hell. Hell itself." - Fidel Castro.
In 1959 an editor for U.S. News and World Report interviewed Fidel Castro weeks after the fall of Batista. No one has heard the tape. Until now.
Hear the story behind the interview and why Castro said he wasn't a communist and why it was a problem when American sailors went looking for entertainment in Guantanamo.
Watch the animated version of this episode from our PBS Series
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The full, unedited, 35-minute interview is available here:
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tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/100806280Farrah Fawcett on Stiletto PowerFri, 12 Jul 2013 21:21:28 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/farrah-fawcett-on-stiletto
00:07:27Blank on Blankno"I've got on these stiletto heels aimed for his face."
- Farrah Fawcett
Interview by Lawrence Grobel
1994, Hollywood
Watch the animated version of this episode from our PBS Series
youtube.com/blankonblank"I've got on these stiletto heels aimed for his f…"I've got on these stiletto heels aimed for his face."
- Farrah Fawcett
Interview by Lawrence Grobel
1994, Hollywood
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youtube.com/blankonblanktag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/98697059Louis Armstrong on His ChopsThu, 27 Jun 2013 16:06:13 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/louis-armstrong-on-his-chops-1
00:07:35Blank on Blankno"You've got to be good or as bad as the devil. ... Even if we had two, three days off I still had to blow that horn a few hours to keep up the chops."
- Louis Armstrong
"Pops" interviewed by two teenagers in 1964 @ Ravinia outside Chicago
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"You've got to be good or as bad as the devil. ..…"You've got to be good or as bad as the devil. ... Even if we had two, three days off I still had to blow that horn a few hours to keep up the chops."
- Louis Armstrong
"Pops" interviewed by two teenagers in 1964 @ Ravinia outside Chicago
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tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/96340089Maurice Sendak on Being a KidTue, 11 Jun 2013 00:15:33 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/maurice-sendak-on-being-a-kid
00:07:12Blank on Blankno"I still think the same way I thought as a child. I still worry. I'm still frightened... Nothing changes."
- Maurice Sendak
Interview by Andrew Romano and Ramin Seetodeh
2009, Sendak's home in Connecticut
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"I still think the same way I thought as a child.…"I still think the same way I thought as a child. I still worry. I'm still frightened... Nothing changes."
- Maurice Sendak
Interview by Andrew Romano and Ramin Seetodeh
2009, Sendak's home in Connecticut
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tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/93675044James Brown on Conviction, Respect & Ronald ReaganFri, 24 May 2013 13:15:35 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/james-brown-on-conviction
00:06:31Blank on Blankno"Black is not a color; it’s an attitude." - James Brown. 1984.
Interview by Rocci Fisch. Cassette Tape.
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youtube.com/blankonblank"Black is not a color; it’s an attitude." - James…"Black is not a color; it’s an attitude." - James Brown. 1984.
Interview by Rocci Fisch. Cassette Tape.
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youtube.com/blankonblanktag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/90586737Beastie Boys on Being StupidFri, 03 May 2013 14:01:42 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/beastie-boys-on-being-stupid
00:08:10Blank on BlanknoThere’s a way we talk and it includes profanity. We never figured we’d be arrested for it. - Mike "Mike D" Diamond
1985 interview by Rocci Fisch for ABC News Radio
Washington, D.C. Cassette Tape
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http://bit.ly/12QYpNNThere’s a way we talk and it includes profanity. …There’s a way we talk and it includes profanity. We never figured we’d be arrested for it. - Mike "Mike D" Diamond
1985 interview by Rocci Fisch for ABC News Radio
Washington, D.C. Cassette Tape
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http://bit.ly/12QYpNNtag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/85905614Jim Morrison on Why Fat is BeautifulMon, 01 Apr 2013 15:58:41 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/jim
00:05:50Blank on Blankno"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know. Why is it so onerous to be fat?" - Jim Morrison
Interview by Howard Smith
TheSmithTapes.com
Los Angeles, 1969
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The Doors "Soul Kitchen" & "Who Do You Love" | Joe Jones "Light My Fire" (The Doors)"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want …"What's wrong with being fat? That's what I want to know. Why is it so onerous to be fat?" - Jim Morrison
Interview by Howard Smith
TheSmithTapes.com
Los Angeles, 1969
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The Doors "Soul Kitchen" & "Who Do You Love" | Joe Jones "Light My Fire" (The Doors)tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/83367428Larry King on Getting SeducedFri, 15 Mar 2013 13:31:35 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/larry-king-on-getting-seduced
00:04:56Blank on Blankno"I’m playing these records. The phone rings and I pick it up: 'WAHR'. And this lady’s voice--I can still hear her voice--she goes: 'I want you.'" - Larry King
* Interview by Cal Fussman. Los Angeles, 2001
* Related article appeared in Esquire
* Watch the animated version of this interview created with PBS Digital Studios @blankonblank.org
* Executive producer: David Gerlach | Audio Producer: Amy Drozdowska
* Audio Restoration: Rob Kahn @ Mixology Post
Music: Sunsearcher "Latin Rhythm" | Harry Bellafonte "Jamaica Farewell""I’m playing these records. The phone rings and I…"I’m playing these records. The phone rings and I pick it up: 'WAHR'. And this lady’s voice--I can still hear her voice--she goes: 'I want you.'" - Larry King
* Interview by Cal Fussman. Los Angeles, 2001
* Related article appeared in <a href="http://www.esquire.com/features/what-ive-learned/ESQ0102-JAN_KING" target="_blank">Esquire</a>
* Watch the animated version of this interview created with PBS Digital Studios <a href="http://www.blankonblank.org/" target="_blank">@blankonblank.org</a>
* Executive producer: David Gerlach | Audio Producer: Amy Drozdowska
* Audio Restoration: Rob Kahn @ Mixology Post
Music: <a href="http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Sunsearcher/Sunsearcher_Spirit/07_-_Latin_Rhythm" target="_blank">Sunsearcher "Latin Rhythm"</a> | Harry Bellafonte "Jamaica Farewell"tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/72032474Sam Pickering on The Art of Teaching and Not Dead Poets SocietyFri, 21 Dec 2012 02:37:51 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/sam-pickering-on-the-art-of
00:07:01Blank on Blankno"I looked in the mirror the other day and I said: My God, what happened to that handsome young man? Who is this grizzled b-a-s-t-a-r-d staring at me?" - Sam Pickering. The UConn professor who inspired Robin Williams character in "Dead Poets Society"
* Interview by John Dankosky | studio recording in September 2012
* Hear the entire conversation from WNPR's Where We Live
* Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producer: Amy Drozdowska"I looked in the mirror the other day and I said:…"I looked in the mirror the other day and I said: My God, what happened to that handsome young man? Who is this grizzled b-a-s-t-a-r-d staring at me?" - Sam Pickering. The UConn professor who inspired Robin Williams character in "Dead Poets Society"
* Interview by John Dankosky | studio recording in September 2012
* Hear the entire conversation from <a href="http://www.yourpublicmedia.org/node/21887" target="_blank">WNPR's Where We Live</a>
* Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producer: Amy Drozdowskatag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/69958274Art Blakey on How to Build a BandTue, 04 Dec 2012 16:59:44 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/art-blakey-on-how-to-build-a
00:05:46Blank on Blankno"You’re in your birthday suit up there. People can see clean through you. And your music, your actions and the vibes you bring forth to the audience come out. You cannot hide that. " - Art Blakey
- Interview by Ben Sidran in 1982
- Originally aired on NPR’s Jazz Alive
- Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producer: Amy Drozdowska"You’re in your birthday suit up there. People ca…"You’re in your birthday suit up there. People can see clean through you. And your music, your actions and the vibes you bring forth to the audience come out. You cannot hide that. " - Art Blakey
- Interview by Ben Sidran in 1982
- Originally aired on NPR’s Jazz Alive
- Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producer: Amy Drozdowskatag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/68166619David Sedaris on Breast Milk, Tips, and Book ToursTue, 20 Nov 2012 16:35:34 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/david-sedaris-on-breast-milk
00:07:42Blank on Blankno"People would come and defecate on the floor of the dressing room. So I just thought that was his Gap, but I came to find out that it happens in all stores across America." - David Sedaris
Interviewed by Gabe Bullard in June 2009
Related piece aired on WFPL - Louisville
Discover more lost interviews @ "People would come and defecate on the floor of t…"People would come and defecate on the floor of the dressing room. So I just thought that was his Gap, but I came to find out that it happens in all stores across America." - David Sedaris
Interviewed by Gabe Bullard in June 2009
Related piece aired on WFPL - Louisville
Discover more lost interviews @ <a href="http://blankonblank.org"></a>tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/66746131Brian Selznick on Einstein, God, and Reaching His PotentialFri, 09 Nov 2012 14:13:08 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/brian-selznick-on-einstein-god
00:06:36Blank on Blankno"So I bought the postcard, memorized it and sent it off to a friend. And I never thought about God again after that." - Brian Selznick
Interview by Joe Fassler in 2012 | by phone | digital recorder
Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska | Slideshow: Libby Walker
Watch the interview slideshow and hear more lost interviews @ blankonblank.org"So I bought the postcard, memorized it and sent …"So I bought the postcard, memorized it and sent it off to a friend. And I never thought about God again after that." - Brian Selznick
Interview by Joe Fassler in 2012 | by phone | digital recorder
Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska | Slideshow: Libby Walker
Watch the interview slideshow and hear more lost interviews @ blankonblank.orgtag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/66246862George Clooney for President?Mon, 05 Nov 2012 19:30:22 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/george-clooney-is-not-running
00:01:08Blank on Blankno"The truth is I'm not very good at compromising." - George Clooney
Rough cut from interview by Ginanne Brownell
Related Q & A appeared in Newsweek 2007
Microcassette recorder
"The truth is I'm not very good at compromising."…"The truth is I'm not very good at compromising." - George Clooney
Rough cut from interview by Ginanne Brownell
Related Q & A appeared in Newsweek 2007
Microcassette recorder
tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/64148515Blank on Blank Voices - PopUp Archive MashupSat, 20 Oct 2012 18:08:57 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/blank-on-blank-voices-popup
00:01:38Blank on BlanknoBlank on Blank Voices: Tony Bennett, Thom Yorke, Tim Gunn, Dwyane Wade, Elle Parrino, Andre AgassiBlank on Blank Voices: Tony Bennett, Thom Yorke, …Blank on Blank Voices: Tony Bennett, Thom Yorke, Tim Gunn, Dwyane Wade, Elle Parrino, Andre Agassitag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/62445446Rodney King on Forgiveness and Being an American NegroSat, 06 Oct 2012 17:37:34 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/rodney-king-on-forgiveness
00:06:48Blank on Blankno"I have been challenged to fight for saying 'can't we all get along.' I’ve had people say I want to kick your ass for saying that." - Rodney King
April 16, 2012 — weeks before he died // By Phone, King at home in Southern California // Digital recorder
Related article appeared in the Philadelphia Tribune
Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producer: Amy Drozdowska
More info and more lost interviews @ blankonblank.org"I have been challenged to fight for saying 'can'…"I have been challenged to fight for saying 'can't we all get along.' I’ve had people say I want to kick your ass for saying that." - Rodney King
April 16, 2012 — weeks before he died // By Phone, King at home in Southern California // Digital recorder
Related article appeared in the Philadelphia Tribune
Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producer: Amy Drozdowska
More info and more lost interviews @ blankonblank.orgtag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/60223017Muhammad Ali Goes To Mars: The Lost Interview. 1966Mon, 17 Sep 2012 22:13:48 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/muhammad-ali-the-lost
00:07:20Blank on BlanknoIn 1966, a persistent 17-year-old with a high school radio show near Chicago got the interview of lifetime: Muhammad Ali. But only a handful of people ever got to hear this time capsule. Until now.
Ali epically riffs about fighting on Mars, traveling through time, and explaining why big talk and boasting got him a shot at a title fight faster than other challengers. “Some of them thought I was crazy,” Ali said. “They were frightened of me.”
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Interview by Michael Aisner // Muhammad Ali Fan Club, Chicago 1966 // reel-to-reel tape recorder
Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producers: Sky Dylan-Robbins & Amy DrozdowskaIn 1966, a persistent 17-year-old with a high sch…In 1966, a persistent 17-year-old with a high school radio show near Chicago got the interview of lifetime: Muhammad Ali. But only a handful of people ever got to hear this time capsule. Until now.
Ali epically riffs about fighting on Mars, traveling through time, and explaining why big talk and boasting got him a shot at a title fight faster than other challengers. “Some of them thought I was crazy,” Ali said. “They were frightened of me.”
Watch the animated version of the interview @ blankonblank.org
Interview by Michael Aisner // Muhammad Ali Fan Club, Chicago 1966 // reel-to-reel tape recorder
Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producers: Sky Dylan-Robbins & Amy Drozdowskatag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/58688904Amber Heard on Not Sitting Pretty and Shutting UpTue, 04 Sep 2012 17:48:22 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/amber-heard-on-not-sitting
00:06:46Blank on Blankno"It’s easier to deal with a woman who is compliant and sweet and sunny and nice and non-confrontational."
Interview by Jason Feifer // NYC hotel in 2011 // digital recorder
Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Find the transcript and more lost interviews @ http://blankonblank.org/interviews/amber-heard-on-not-sitting-pretty-and-shutting-up/"It’s easier to deal with a woman who is complian…"It’s easier to deal with a woman who is compliant and sweet and sunny and nice and non-confrontational."
Interview by Jason Feifer // NYC hotel in 2011 // digital recorder
Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Find the transcript and more lost interviews @ http://blankonblank.org/interviews/amber-heard-on-not-sitting-pretty-and-shutting-up/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/56661915Andre Agassi on His Mullet and Finding HimselfFri, 17 Aug 2012 19:17:06 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/andre-agassi-on-his-mullet-and
00:06:08Blank on Blankno"What better way to mask who you really are than wearing a mullet, right?" - Andre Agassi
Interview by James Sullivan // By phone in 2011 // Digital recorder //
Related Q&A appeared in the Boston Globe
Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producer: Amy Drozdowska"What better way to mask who you really are than …"What better way to mask who you really are than wearing a mullet, right?" - Andre Agassi
Interview by James Sullivan // By phone in 2011 // Digital recorder //
Related Q&A appeared in the Boston Globe
Executive Producer: David Gerlach | Producer: Amy Drozdowskatag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/55945620Photographer Terry O'Neill on His Rolling Stones and Beatles PhotosSat, 11 Aug 2012 11:56:54 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/photographer-terry-oneill-on
00:06:38Blank on Blankno"We used to laugh behind Mick Jagger's back saying: 'Can you imagine Mick singing at 40?' And he's bloody nearly 70 and he's still going." - Photographer Terry O'Neill
Interview by Josh Baron, editor-in-chief @ Relix Magazine // via telephone in 2010 // digital recorder
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews @ http://blankonblank.org/interviews/terry-oneill-on-his-photos-of-the-stones-and-the-beatles/
"We used to laugh behind Mick Jagger's back sayin…"We used to laugh behind Mick Jagger's back saying: 'Can you imagine Mick singing at 40?' And he's bloody nearly 70 and he's still going." - Photographer Terry O'Neill
Interview by Josh Baron, editor-in-chief @ Relix Magazine // via telephone in 2010 // digital recorder
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews @ http://blankonblank.org/interviews/terry-oneill-on-his-photos-of-the-stones-and-the-beatles/
tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/55195491The Hooligan on Fighting for Manchester UnitedSat, 04 Aug 2012 18:50:04 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/the-hooligan-on-fighting-for
00:09:46Blank on Blankno"He dropped right by my feet. And what do you do in this situation? You make sure this person doesn’t get up. ... So I just started booting him in the head." - Mark Barry
Interview by Suhrith Parthasarathy // Mark Barry’s apartment in Queens
// Digital recorder
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach // Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Read Suhrith’s profile of Mark Barry “Glory, Glory for a Man for United” @ The Classical sports website.
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews @ http://blankonblank.org/interviews/mark-barry-on-fighting-for-manchester-united/"He dropped right by my feet. And what do you do …"He dropped right by my feet. And what do you do in this situation? You make sure this person doesn’t get up. ... So I just started booting him in the head." - Mark Barry
Interview by Suhrith Parthasarathy // Mark Barry’s apartment in Queens
// Digital recorder
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach // Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Read Suhrith’s profile of Mark Barry “Glory, Glory for a Man for United” @ The Classical sports website.
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews @ http://blankonblank.org/interviews/mark-barry-on-fighting-for-manchester-united/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/54471694Tony Bennett on Making Love to His Music and Why Stars Are ShySun, 29 Jul 2012 11:51:37 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/tony-bennett-on-making-love-to
00:06:54Blank on Blankno"Whenever they (fans) tell me they make love to my music, I tell them to do one for me."
- Tony Bennett
Interviewed by: Jeanne Wolf
July 30, 1991 // Tony Bennett's Hollywood office // Cassette tape recorder
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach // Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com
Music Credits: Tony Bennett “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” | ”For Once In My Life” | ”(with Frank Sinatra) Lady is a Tramp” | “The Very Thought of You” | “Steppin’ Out”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews @ http://blankonblank.org/interviews/tony-bennett-on-making-love-to-music-shy-stars/"Whenever they (fans) tell me they make love to m…"Whenever they (fans) tell me they make love to my music, I tell them to do one for me."
- Tony Bennett
Interviewed by: Jeanne Wolf
July 30, 1991 // Tony Bennett's Hollywood office // Cassette tape recorder
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach // Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Photo Credit: Shutterstock.com
Music Credits: Tony Bennett “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” | ”For Once In My Life” | ”(with Frank Sinatra) Lady is a Tramp” | “The Very Thought of You” | “Steppin’ Out”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews @ http://blankonblank.org/interviews/tony-bennett-on-making-love-to-music-shy-stars/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/53564090Christina Ricci on Anorexia, Incest, and Her '67 FordSat, 21 Jul 2012 00:11:42 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/christina-ricci-on-anorexia
00:06:48Blank on Blankno“I was really anorexic at the time. I looked like a walking skeleton...I looked kind of like E.T.” ~ Christina Ricci
Interviewed by: Thomas Beller
Fall 1998 // NYC restaurant // Cassette tape recorder
Thomas Beller’s profile of Christina Ricci, “Hello Nasty,” appeared in SPIN magazine
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Photo Credit: Entertainment Press // Shutterstock.com
Music Credits: Beatconductor “Guarambembere” // Freddie Jackson “Easin’ On Down”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/christina-ricci-on-anorexia-incest-and-her-%E2%80%9967-ford/.“I was really anorexic at the time. I looked like…“I was really anorexic at the time. I looked like a walking skeleton...I looked kind of like E.T.” ~ Christina Ricci
Interviewed by: Thomas Beller
Fall 1998 // NYC restaurant // Cassette tape recorder
Thomas Beller’s profile of Christina Ricci, “Hello Nasty,” appeared in SPIN magazine
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Photo Credit: Entertainment Press // Shutterstock.com
Music Credits: Beatconductor “Guarambembere” // Freddie Jackson “Easin’ On Down”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/christina-ricci-on-anorexia-incest-and-her-%E2%80%9967-ford/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/53561092Kiki Smith on Tattoos and Making Your Own ArtFri, 20 Jul 2012 23:34:12 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/kiki-smith-on-tattoos-and-art
00:07:15Blank on Blankno“The combination of the beauty marks and the ink on her body, I thought I could tattoo them onto me…I could take a mark from somebody else’s body and put it on my body and then I would remember. Then I started getting constellations.” ~artist Kiki Smith
Interviewed by: Tift Merrit, Grammy-nominated musician and host of The Spark
The Scene: Kiki Smith’s kitchen in New York City
Hear the full interview and more at http://www.marfaspark.com/.
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Photo Credit:
Music Credit: Tift Merritt
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/kiki-smith-on-tattoos-and-making-your-your-own-art/.“The combination of the beauty marks and the ink …“The combination of the beauty marks and the ink on her body, I thought I could tattoo them onto me…I could take a mark from somebody else’s body and put it on my body and then I would remember. Then I started getting constellations.” ~artist Kiki Smith
Interviewed by: Tift Merrit, Grammy-nominated musician and host of The Spark
The Scene: Kiki Smith’s kitchen in New York City
Hear the full interview and more at http://www.marfaspark.com/.
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Photo Credit:
Music Credit: Tift Merritt
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/kiki-smith-on-tattoos-and-making-your-your-own-art/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/52290015Jon Hendricks on Learning to CommunicateMon, 09 Jul 2012 18:55:58 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/jon-hendricks
00:06:57Blank on Blankno"You don’t have to swing just on the bandstand...The way you pick up your child and bounce him, I think everything can swing."
Interviewed by: Ben Sidran, author and musician
NYC recording studio // 1980s
Hear the full interview and listen to Sidran's conversations with more than 60 other jazz legends at bensidran.com.
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Photo Credit:
Music Credits: Lambert, Hendricks, Bavan “Cousin Mary” // Jon Hendricks and the Horace Silver Quintent “The Preacher” // Jon Hendricks “Gimme That Wine” // Jon Hendricks and friends (including his daughters) “Shiny Stockings” // Lambert, Hendricks, Ross “Untitled” // Dizzy Gillepsie & Jon Hendricks “Untitled”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/jon-hendricks-on-learning-how-to-communicate/."You don’t have to swing just on the bandstand...…"You don’t have to swing just on the bandstand...The way you pick up your child and bounce him, I think everything can swing."
Interviewed by: Ben Sidran, author and musician
NYC recording studio // 1980s
Hear the full interview and listen to Sidran's conversations with more than 60 other jazz legends at bensidran.com.
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Photo Credit:
Music Credits: Lambert, Hendricks, Bavan “Cousin Mary” // Jon Hendricks and the Horace Silver Quintent “The Preacher” // Jon Hendricks “Gimme That Wine” // Jon Hendricks and friends (including his daughters) “Shiny Stockings” // Lambert, Hendricks, Ross “Untitled” // Dizzy Gillepsie & Jon Hendricks “Untitled”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/jon-hendricks-on-learning-how-to-communicate/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/51588622Martin Scorsese on Soundtracks in Movies and His LifeMon, 02 Jul 2012 22:35:08 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/martin-scorsese-on-soundtracks
00:04:37Blank on Blankno"I design so many scenes, driving on the freeways, listening to music." ~ Martin Scorsese.
Interviewed by James Sullivan, author and Boston Globe Contributor
October 8, 1999 // Microcassette recording of telephone call
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Dave McGuire
Photo Credit: aspen rock // Shutterstock.com
Music Credit: Lonnie Donegan “Lost John” // Przemyslaw Haluszczak “Tangos Rompeserones”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/martin-scorsese-on-soundtracks-in-movies-and-his-life/ ."I design so many scenes, driving on the freeways…"I design so many scenes, driving on the freeways, listening to music." ~ Martin Scorsese.
Interviewed by James Sullivan, author and Boston Globe Contributor
October 8, 1999 // Microcassette recording of telephone call
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Dave McGuire
Photo Credit: aspen rock // Shutterstock.com
Music Credit: Lonnie Donegan “Lost John” // Przemyslaw Haluszczak “Tangos Rompeserones”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/martin-scorsese-on-soundtracks-in-movies-and-his-life/ .tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/50492013Allen Ginsberg & Julian Beck on Reagan, Recordings & ResilienceFri, 22 Jun 2012 06:23:53 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/allen-ginsberg-and-julian-beck
00:11:08Blank on Blankno"It’s what Abby Hoffman said years ago: we have a right to shout “theater" at a crowded fire." ~ Beat poet Allen Ginsberg
We’re listening to a rare recording from the summer of 1984. Only a few people have ever gotten to hear it. It was actually found in a box in New York City just a few years ago. The tape is an intimate audio glimpse inside a decades old friendship that cancer will soon cut short. The friendship between poet Allen Ginsberg and theater founder Julian Beck.
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producers: Amy Drozdowska and Libby Walker
Photo Credit: The Allen Ginsberg Project
Music Credits: Radicalfashion “Shousetsu” // Hans Otte “Das Buch Der Klange (Part 1)” // Phil Ochs “When I’m Gone”
Special thanks to The Living Theatre for sharing this tape with Blank on Blank. Visit livingtheatre.org for more about its history and productions. And visit http://blankonblank.org/interviews/allen-ginsberg-and-julian-beck-on-reagan-recordings-resilience/ to read the transcript of this interview and discover other lost tapes."It’s what Abby Hoffman said years ago: we have a…"It’s what Abby Hoffman said years ago: we have a right to shout “theater" at a crowded fire." ~ Beat poet Allen Ginsberg
We’re listening to a rare recording from the summer of 1984. Only a few people have ever gotten to hear it. It was actually found in a box in New York City just a few years ago. The tape is an intimate audio glimpse inside a decades old friendship that cancer will soon cut short. The friendship between poet Allen Ginsberg and theater founder Julian Beck.
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producers: Amy Drozdowska and Libby Walker
Photo Credit: The Allen Ginsberg Project
Music Credits: Radicalfashion “Shousetsu” // Hans Otte “Das Buch Der Klange (Part 1)” // Phil Ochs “When I’m Gone”
Special thanks to The Living Theatre for sharing this tape with Blank on Blank. Visit livingtheatre.org for more about its history and productions. And visit http://blankonblank.org/interviews/allen-ginsberg-and-julian-beck-on-reagan-recordings-resilience/ to read the transcript of this interview and discover other lost tapes.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/50490741Bill Draper on His $20 Bet with Fidel CastroFri, 22 Jun 2012 05:58:39 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/bill-draper-on-his-bet-with-fidel
00:06:57Blank on Blankno"It surprised me when I saw [Fidel]’s not tall, but he came into the room and seemed bigger than life, because he’s got the uniform and that presence." ~ Bill Draper
Bill Draper is considered the godfather of venture capital and he’s one of the few patriarchs of a dynasty in Silicon Valley. After more than 20 years investing in technology, Draper was tapped for a big position at the United Nations, which brought him to Cuba and a dinner party with Fidel Castro.
Interviewed by: Danielle Sacks, senior editor at Fast Company magazine
Winter 2012 // Draper's Silicon Valley office // Digital recorder
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Photo Credit: Las Razones de Cuba via Flickr
Music Credit: Ellen Allien ”Zauber” // Belle and Sebastian ”Consuelo” // Goran Bregovic ”Lullaby” // John Clarke “Revolution”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/bill-draper-on-his-20-bet-with-fidel-castro/."It surprised me when I saw [Fidel]’s not tall, b…"It surprised me when I saw [Fidel]’s not tall, but he came into the room and seemed bigger than life, because he’s got the uniform and that presence." ~ Bill Draper
Bill Draper is considered the godfather of venture capital and he’s one of the few patriarchs of a dynasty in Silicon Valley. After more than 20 years investing in technology, Draper was tapped for a big position at the United Nations, which brought him to Cuba and a dinner party with Fidel Castro.
Interviewed by: Danielle Sacks, senior editor at Fast Company magazine
Winter 2012 // Draper's Silicon Valley office // Digital recorder
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Photo Credit: Las Razones de Cuba via Flickr
Music Credit: Ellen Allien ”Zauber” // Belle and Sebastian ”Consuelo” // Goran Bregovic ”Lullaby” // John Clarke “Revolution”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/bill-draper-on-his-20-bet-with-fidel-castro/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/49360457Radiohead's Thom Yorke on Wankers and Confronting Who You AreMon, 11 Jun 2012 18:34:57 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/radioheads-thom-yorke-on-wankers
00:06:00Blank on Blankno"I'm humorless when I think people are wankers. You know, I'm not tolerant of idiots." ~ Thom Yorke of Radiohead
Today we tackle the challenges that just about everyone faces: confronting who you are and being comfortable with yourself and your life...even if you’re a huge rock star like Thom Yorke. Writer and author Brian Raftery interviewed Yorke in 2006. It was for a profile Brian did for Spin magazine.The pair sat down for a few hours in a Philadelphia hotel. Yorke had a new solo album out. But then Brian asked Yorke--who was nearing 38 at the time--how he felt about getting older.
Interviewed by: Brian Raftery,
May 30, 2006 // Loews Hotel in Philadelphia // Olympus digital recorder
Read Brian Raftery’s profile of Thom Yorke in SPIN magazine.
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Music Credits: Radiohead - “Karma Police,” “I Will,” “There There” & “Exit Music (for a Film)”
Photo Credit: BondBeterLeefmilieu via Flickr
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at: http://blankonblank.org/interviews/radioheads-thom-yorke-on-wankers-confronting-who-you-are/."I'm humorless when I think people are wankers. Y…"I'm humorless when I think people are wankers. You know, I'm not tolerant of idiots." ~ Thom Yorke of Radiohead
Today we tackle the challenges that just about everyone faces: confronting who you are and being comfortable with yourself and your life...even if you’re a huge rock star like Thom Yorke. Writer and author Brian Raftery interviewed Yorke in 2006. It was for a profile Brian did for Spin magazine.The pair sat down for a few hours in a Philadelphia hotel. Yorke had a new solo album out. But then Brian asked Yorke--who was nearing 38 at the time--how he felt about getting older.
Interviewed by: Brian Raftery,
May 30, 2006 // Loews Hotel in Philadelphia // Olympus digital recorder
Read Brian Raftery’s profile of Thom Yorke in SPIN magazine.
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Music Credits: Radiohead - “Karma Police,” “I Will,” “There There” & “Exit Music (for a Film)”
Photo Credit: BondBeterLeefmilieu via Flickr
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at: http://blankonblank.org/interviews/radioheads-thom-yorke-on-wankers-confronting-who-you-are/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/49359192Caroll Spinney on Creating Big Bird & Oscar the GrouchMon, 11 Jun 2012 18:22:08 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/caroll-spinney-on-big-bird
00:05:42Blank on Blankno"Oscar (the Grouch) was a harder one for me initially, because I had never did a big, rough, tough guy’s voice." ~ Caroll Spinney
In 2007, writer James Sullivan got to do something that millions of kids have dreamed about doing--he got to go to Sesame Street. And while he was there, James met the voice behind both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. It’s a guy named Caroll Spinney, and James profiled this puppeteer--who was approaching 80 years old--for a story he wrote in the Boston Globe. Here's Spinney on creating the voices for some of Sesame Street's most famous residents.
Interviewed by: James Sullivan, journalist and author
2007 // Sesame Street Studios// Digital recorder
Visit JamesSullivanAuthor.com for more of Sullivan’s interviews
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wen
Music Credits: “Sesame Street” theme song // Jon Brion “Monday”
Photo Credit: Marnie Joyce via Flickr
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at: http://blankonblank.org/interviews/carroll-spinney-on-creating-big-bird-and-oscar-the-grouch/."Oscar (the Grouch) was a harder one for me initi…"Oscar (the Grouch) was a harder one for me initially, because I had never did a big, rough, tough guy’s voice." ~ Caroll Spinney
In 2007, writer James Sullivan got to do something that millions of kids have dreamed about doing--he got to go to Sesame Street. And while he was there, James met the voice behind both Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. It’s a guy named Caroll Spinney, and James profiled this puppeteer--who was approaching 80 years old--for a story he wrote in the Boston Globe. Here's Spinney on creating the voices for some of Sesame Street's most famous residents.
Interviewed by: James Sullivan, journalist and author
2007 // Sesame Street Studios// Digital recorder
Visit JamesSullivanAuthor.com for more of Sullivan’s interviews
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wen
Music Credits: “Sesame Street” theme song // Jon Brion “Monday”
Photo Credit: Marnie Joyce via Flickr
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at: http://blankonblank.org/interviews/carroll-spinney-on-creating-big-bird-and-oscar-the-grouch/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/47450115Thomas Bradshaw on Why Funerals Can Be FunnyThu, 24 May 2012 18:01:52 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/thomas-bradshaw
00:04:58Blank on Blankno"Funny things happen at funerals. Very funny, comical, human things. You may not laugh, but it’s all mixed up together." ~playwright Thomas Bradshaw
This Blank on Blank deals with a simple question about man’s ability to move on: is there a right way to deal with death and tragedy? Can you find laughs--or even love--at a funeral? Well, one man’s answers come to us from BOMB magazine in an interview by cultural critic Margo Jefferson. It’s with award-winning playwright Thomas Bradshaw. Here is Bradshaw's take on some of the eternal questions of life.
Interviewed by: Margo Jefferson, BOMB magazine
Fall 2009 // Digital recorder
Read Jefferson’s full interview with Bradshaw at http://bombsite.com/issues/109/articles/3329
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wen
Photo Credit: David Paul Morris
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/thomas-bradshaw-on-humor-at-funerals/."Funny things happen at funerals. Very funny, co…"Funny things happen at funerals. Very funny, comical, human things. You may not laugh, but it’s all mixed up together." ~playwright Thomas Bradshaw
This Blank on Blank deals with a simple question about man’s ability to move on: is there a right way to deal with death and tragedy? Can you find laughs--or even love--at a funeral? Well, one man’s answers come to us from BOMB magazine in an interview by cultural critic Margo Jefferson. It’s with award-winning playwright Thomas Bradshaw. Here is Bradshaw's take on some of the eternal questions of life.
Interviewed by: Margo Jefferson, BOMB magazine
Fall 2009 // Digital recorder
Read Jefferson’s full interview with Bradshaw at http://bombsite.com/issues/109/articles/3329
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wen
Photo Credit: David Paul Morris
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/thomas-bradshaw-on-humor-at-funerals/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/47238968Dave Brubeck on Jazz Diplomacy Behind the Iron CurtainTue, 22 May 2012 20:57:39 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/dave-brubeck-on-jazz-diplomacy
00:05:12Blank on Blankno"We played 12 concerts in Poland. Underground meetings and underground concerts...we didn’t understand how we could be that important. We had no clue that we were helping people break away from Communism." ~ jazz legend Dave Brubeck
Today we have an interview Brubeck gave on stage during the Litchfield Jazz Festival. He’s speaking with John Dankosky, the host of Where We Live, a show that airs on WNPR in Connecticut. It’s a remarkable story: Brubeck fighting communism with jazz. So here it is. Dave Brubeck remixed. This is Blank on Blank.
Interviewed by: John Dankosky, host of WNPR's "Where We Live"
Fall 2008 // Live at the Litchfield Jazz Festival
For more of John Dankosky’s interview with Dave Brubeck and other "Where We Live" broadcasts, visit WNPR.org.
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Music Credit: Dave Brubeck live at the 2008 Litchfield Jazz Festival
Photo Credit: "The Great Dave Brubeck" by CJ Peters via Flickr
See photos of Brubeck's early days, read the transcript, and discover more unheard interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/dave-brubeck-on-fighting-communism-with-jazz/."We played 12 concerts in Poland. Underground mee…"We played 12 concerts in Poland. Underground meetings and underground concerts...we didn’t understand how we could be that important. We had no clue that we were helping people break away from Communism." ~ jazz legend Dave Brubeck
Today we have an interview Brubeck gave on stage during the Litchfield Jazz Festival. He’s speaking with John Dankosky, the host of Where We Live, a show that airs on WNPR in Connecticut. It’s a remarkable story: Brubeck fighting communism with jazz. So here it is. Dave Brubeck remixed. This is Blank on Blank.
Interviewed by: John Dankosky, host of WNPR's "Where We Live"
Fall 2008 // Live at the Litchfield Jazz Festival
For more of John Dankosky’s interview with Dave Brubeck and other "Where We Live" broadcasts, visit WNPR.org.
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Music Credit: Dave Brubeck live at the 2008 Litchfield Jazz Festival
Photo Credit: "The Great Dave Brubeck" by CJ Peters via Flickr
See photos of Brubeck's early days, read the transcript, and discover more unheard interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/dave-brubeck-on-fighting-communism-with-jazz/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/45885837Tim Gunn on His FBI Agent FatherThu, 10 May 2012 01:28:51 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/tim-gunn-on-his-father
00:04:22Blank on Blankno"My father was J. Edgar Hoover's speechwriter...I was not the son he wanted to have." ~ Tim Gunn
There's something special about family history. Legends. Secrets. A family is a remarkable story. So we were pretty excited to hear what Danielle Sacks of Fast Company magazine heard when she interviewed Tim Gunn. During the conversation about Gunn's latest business venture, he took a turn. He talked about his dad. His father was an FBI agent. In fact, he was J. Edgar Hoover's righthand man. Yes, that J. Edgar Hoover. This is the story.
Interviewed by Danielle Sacks, senior editor at Fast Company magazine
Spring 2008 // Office of Liz Claiborne CEO in New York // Digital recorder
Read Sack’s profile of Tim Gunn--“Project Rehab”--at FastCompany.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music Credits: Theme from "Dragnet" // Horace Silver “Song for My Father”
Watch the sweet video version of this interview at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/tim-gunn-on-his-fbi-agent-father/"My father was J. Edgar Hoover's speechwriter...I…"My father was J. Edgar Hoover's speechwriter...I was not the son he wanted to have." ~ Tim Gunn
There's something special about family history. Legends. Secrets. A family is a remarkable story. So we were pretty excited to hear what Danielle Sacks of Fast Company magazine heard when she interviewed Tim Gunn. During the conversation about Gunn's latest business venture, he took a turn. He talked about his dad. His father was an FBI agent. In fact, he was J. Edgar Hoover's righthand man. Yes, that J. Edgar Hoover. This is the story.
Interviewed by Danielle Sacks, senior editor at Fast Company magazine
Spring 2008 // Office of Liz Claiborne CEO in New York // Digital recorder
Read Sack’s profile of Tim Gunn--“Project Rehab”--at FastCompany.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music Credits: Theme from "Dragnet" // Horace Silver “Song for My Father”
Watch the sweet video version of this interview at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/tim-gunn-on-his-fbi-agent-father/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/45885246Bono on His Dad's Final DaysThu, 10 May 2012 01:21:13 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/bono-on-his-dads-final-days
00:05:27Blank on Blankno"I’d go and usually have a pint of Guinness and a chaser to steady my nerves. Then I'd go to the hospital and I'd sleep beside my father." ~ Bono
This interview is with Bono of U2. It’s Bono talking about what it was like to be by his father’s side in the months and final weeks before he died. Pretty remarkable interview. It comes to us from Anthony Bozza. Anthony is an author and writer, and back in 2001 he was working at Rolling Stone. And the magazine, they were doing one of those “look backs at the year that was.” So Anthony jumped on the phone. He plugged in his recorder and he called Bono. They talked about a number of things including what it was like to perform right after 9/11. Anthony also posed a question: he asked Bono what was his most memorable personal encounter of the year. And that’s when Bono opened up about this dad.
Interviewed by Anthony Bozza,
October 2001 // By phone // Minidisc recorder
Read the related article at rollingstone.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wen
Music Credits: U2 “Kite” // Scratch Massive “In the Dressing Room” & ”For a Departure”
Watch the animated video of this interview at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/bono-on-his-dads-final-days/"I’d go and usually have a pint of Guinness and a…"I’d go and usually have a pint of Guinness and a chaser to steady my nerves. Then I'd go to the hospital and I'd sleep beside my father." ~ Bono
This interview is with Bono of U2. It’s Bono talking about what it was like to be by his father’s side in the months and final weeks before he died. Pretty remarkable interview. It comes to us from Anthony Bozza. Anthony is an author and writer, and back in 2001 he was working at Rolling Stone. And the magazine, they were doing one of those “look backs at the year that was.” So Anthony jumped on the phone. He plugged in his recorder and he called Bono. They talked about a number of things including what it was like to perform right after 9/11. Anthony also posed a question: he asked Bono what was his most memorable personal encounter of the year. And that’s when Bono opened up about this dad.
Interviewed by Anthony Bozza,
October 2001 // By phone // Minidisc recorder
Read the related article at rollingstone.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wen
Music Credits: U2 “Kite” // Scratch Massive “In the Dressing Room” & ”For a Departure”
Watch the animated video of this interview at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/bono-on-his-dads-final-days/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/45883976Ricky Gervais on Loving Atheism & JetpacksThu, 10 May 2012 01:06:10 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/ricky-gervais-on-loving
00:06:40Blank on Blankno"Why do I care if someone believes in God?...I don’t care what people think of me and my beliefs." ~ Ricky Gervais
If you're a comedian--a really funny comedian--and you're an atheist, do you make religion part of your routine? Or part of your punchlines? That's the question posed to Ricky Gervais during an interview with Jane Borden, an author and a former comedy editor at Time Out New York magazine. They spoke by phone a few years back, and we jump in with Ricky Gervais talking about his strong views about religion and why he wants a jetpack.
Interviewed by Jane Borden, author and former comedy editor at Time Out New York
October 2009 // By phone, Gervais from England // Cassette recorder
Read the related article at timeoutnewyork.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music Credits: Lou Donaldson “It’s Your Thing” // Theme from “The Jetsons” // The Specials “A Message to You Rudy”
Read the transcript at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/ricky-gervais-on-atheism-and-jetpacks/"Why do I care if someone believes in God?...I do…"Why do I care if someone believes in God?...I don’t care what people think of me and my beliefs." ~ Ricky Gervais
If you're a comedian--a really funny comedian--and you're an atheist, do you make religion part of your routine? Or part of your punchlines? That's the question posed to Ricky Gervais during an interview with Jane Borden, an author and a former comedy editor at Time Out New York magazine. They spoke by phone a few years back, and we jump in with Ricky Gervais talking about his strong views about religion and why he wants a jetpack.
Interviewed by Jane Borden, author and former comedy editor at Time Out New York
October 2009 // By phone, Gervais from England // Cassette recorder
Read the related article at timeoutnewyork.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music Credits: Lou Donaldson “It’s Your Thing” // Theme from “The Jetsons” // The Specials “A Message to You Rudy”
Read the transcript at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/ricky-gervais-on-atheism-and-jetpacks/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/45881354Horror Writer Peter Straub on His Love for Soap OperasThu, 10 May 2012 00:34:44 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/horror-writer-peter-straub-on
00:05:38Blank on Blankno"I’ll do email and work until one-thirty, two because at two is the holy hour when I must watch “One Life to Live.” My soap." ~ Horror author Peter Straub
Some months back I sat down with Peter Straub. He’s a novelist that works in some of the darkest, bloodiest realms of horror fiction. He’s sold millions of books. And after I pressed record, I thought we’d get into his secrets to co-writing two books with Stephen King. Or maybe how he comes up with his stories in the first place. But instead he dropped a detail of a guilty pleasure. A key to his writing ritual that ends with him playing a retired, blind cop.
Interview by David Gerlach, host and executive producer of Blank on Blank
March 2011 // Straub’s House on the Upper West Side of Manhattan // Recorded on an iPhone with external mic
Producer: Dave McGuire
Music Credit: Actress “Maze”
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/horror-author-peter-straub-on-his-love-for-soap-operas/"I’ll do email and work until one-thirty, two bec…"I’ll do email and work until one-thirty, two because at two is the holy hour when I must watch “One Life to Live.” My soap." ~ Horror author Peter Straub
Some months back I sat down with Peter Straub. He’s a novelist that works in some of the darkest, bloodiest realms of horror fiction. He’s sold millions of books. And after I pressed record, I thought we’d get into his secrets to co-writing two books with Stephen King. Or maybe how he comes up with his stories in the first place. But instead he dropped a detail of a guilty pleasure. A key to his writing ritual that ends with him playing a retired, blind cop.
Interview by David Gerlach, host and executive producer of Blank on Blank
March 2011 // Straub’s House on the Upper West Side of Manhattan // Recorded on an iPhone with external mic
Producer: Dave McGuire
Music Credit: Actress “Maze”
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/horror-author-peter-straub-on-his-love-for-soap-operas/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/45880553Jonathan Alter on How to Interview Presidents Obama, Clinton & NixonThu, 10 May 2012 00:26:10 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/jonathan-alter-on-how-to
00:07:16Blank on Blankno"[President Obama] called them Tea Baggers instead of Tea Party." ~ Jonathan Alter
In today's podcast we hear from journalist Jonathan Alter on how you interview a President--with outtakes from his Oval Office interview with President Obama in November 2009. Jonathan Alter writes for Bloomberg now after spending nearly three decades at Newsweek magazine. He’s interviewed every president since Nixon, except for Ronald Reagan.
Interview by Jonathan Alter, author and writer for Bloomberg
Nov. 30, 2009 // The Oval Office // Digital recorder
Read Alter's book "The Promise: President Obama, Year One" for more from this interview
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Music Credits: Your Hand in Mind "Tea Time" // Shuta Hasunuma "Discover Tokyo"
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/jonathan-alter-on-how-to-interview-a-president/"[President Obama] called them Tea Baggers instea…"[President Obama] called them Tea Baggers instead of Tea Party." ~ Jonathan Alter
In today's podcast we hear from journalist Jonathan Alter on how you interview a President--with outtakes from his Oval Office interview with President Obama in November 2009. Jonathan Alter writes for Bloomberg now after spending nearly three decades at Newsweek magazine. He’s interviewed every president since Nixon, except for Ronald Reagan.
Interview by Jonathan Alter, author and writer for Bloomberg
Nov. 30, 2009 // The Oval Office // Digital recorder
Read Alter's book "The Promise: President Obama, Year One" for more from this interview
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Amy Drozdowska
Music Credits: Your Hand in Mind "Tea Time" // Shuta Hasunuma "Discover Tokyo"
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/jonathan-alter-on-how-to-interview-a-president/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/45879191Pete Seeger on "We Shall Overcome"Thu, 10 May 2012 00:10:20 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/pete-seeger-on-the-history-of
00:06:34Blank on Blankno"I’ve found out that the song started off as a union song in the 19th century." ~ Pete Seeger
Interview by Josh Baron, editor-in-chief of Relix magazine
2010, by phone, Seeger on his way to a performance
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/pete-seeger-on-we-shall-overcome/"I’ve found out that the song started off as a un…"I’ve found out that the song started off as a union song in the 19th century." ~ Pete Seeger
Interview by Josh Baron, editor-in-chief of Relix magazine
2010, by phone, Seeger on his way to a performance
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/pete-seeger-on-we-shall-overcome/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/45877452Comedian Chris Elliott on Family ComedyWed, 09 May 2012 23:50:03 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/comedian-chris-elliott-on
00:06:53Blank on Blankno"I can remember trying to impress my dad with my sense of humor. Sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing." ~Chris Elliott with his dad, Bob Elliott
What’s it like to grow up in a really funny family? Where it’s more than just hilarious road trips or nightly comedy routines around the dinner table? A family where your dad makes a living making people laugh. Does the comedic touch rub off? And can anyone get in the last laugh? Well, Jane Borden, a comedian herself, got an answer when she interviewed Bob and Chris Elliott. Bob’s the father and you may know him from the legendary live comedy duo of Bob and Ray. Chris is his youngest son who’s built his own successful comedy career on TV and in film. Here’s how Bob and Chris Elliott remember growing up in Manhattan.
Interview by Jane Borden, author and comedy editor for Time Out New York
March 2008 // By phone, Chris Elliott driving and Bob Elliott at home // Cassette recorder
The Related Article: Read it at TimeOutNewYork.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music Credit: Vitamin String Quartet “Stand”
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/chris-elliott-and-his-dad-on-family-comedy/"I can remember trying to impress my dad with my …"I can remember trying to impress my dad with my sense of humor. Sometimes succeeding, sometimes failing." ~Chris Elliott with his dad, Bob Elliott
What’s it like to grow up in a really funny family? Where it’s more than just hilarious road trips or nightly comedy routines around the dinner table? A family where your dad makes a living making people laugh. Does the comedic touch rub off? And can anyone get in the last laugh? Well, Jane Borden, a comedian herself, got an answer when she interviewed Bob and Chris Elliott. Bob’s the father and you may know him from the legendary live comedy duo of Bob and Ray. Chris is his youngest son who’s built his own successful comedy career on TV and in film. Here’s how Bob and Chris Elliott remember growing up in Manhattan.
Interview by Jane Borden, author and comedy editor for Time Out New York
March 2008 // By phone, Chris Elliott driving and Bob Elliott at home // Cassette recorder
The Related Article: Read it at TimeOutNewYork.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music Credit: Vitamin String Quartet “Stand”
http://blankonblank.org/interviews/chris-elliott-and-his-dad-on-family-comedy/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/24503398Adman Alex Bogusky on Rebranding His Competitive SelfFri, 30 Sep 2011 16:36:39 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/adman-alex-bogusky-on
00:05:39Blank on Blankno"My dad’s thing to me with sports is: it’s not enough to win, somebody else has got to lose." ~ Alex Bogusky
What does it mean to win? Does it mean working hard and just doing your best? Or is it something else? Is it seeing someone else lose? That’s the question raised by Alex Bogusky. He’s an advertising guru and an unlikely prophet. Journalist Danielle Sacks sits in during Bogusky’s journey of self-reflection.
Interviewed by Danielle Sacks, senior editor at Fast Company magazine
Summer, 2010 // Boulder, Colorado at Bogusky's "Fearless Cottage" // Digital recorder
Read Danielle’s profile of Bogusky - “The Adman Wants a Soul” - at Fastcompany.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Dave McGuire
Music Credit: Hior Chronik “The Sea”
Read the transcript and discover more unheard interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/adman-alex-bogusky-on-rebranding-his-competitive-self/."My dad’s thing to me with sports is: it’s not en…"My dad’s thing to me with sports is: it’s not enough to win, somebody else has got to lose." ~ Alex Bogusky
What does it mean to win? Does it mean working hard and just doing your best? Or is it something else? Is it seeing someone else lose? That’s the question raised by Alex Bogusky. He’s an advertising guru and an unlikely prophet. Journalist Danielle Sacks sits in during Bogusky’s journey of self-reflection.
Interviewed by Danielle Sacks, senior editor at Fast Company magazine
Summer, 2010 // Boulder, Colorado at Bogusky's "Fearless Cottage" // Digital recorder
Read Danielle’s profile of Bogusky - “The Adman Wants a Soul” - at Fastcompany.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Dave McGuire
Music Credit: Hior Chronik “The Sea”
Read the transcript and discover more unheard interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/adman-alex-bogusky-on-rebranding-his-competitive-self/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/24496944Thomas Bradshaw on Why Funerals Can Be FunnyFri, 30 Sep 2011 14:51:19 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/thomas-bradshaw-on-why
00:05:07Blank on Blankno"The bad things are going to pass, and the good things are going to pass. That's the beauty of life and living moment to moment, and I try to capture that essence in my work." ~playwright Thomas Bradshaw
This conversation deals with simple questions about man’s ability to move on: is there a right way to deal with death and tragedy? Can you find laughs or even love at a funeral? One man’s answers to come to us from Bomb Magazine and an interview by cultural critic Margo Jefferson with award-winning playwright Thomas Bradshaw.
Interviewed by Margo Jefferson, theatre critic and professor
Read the full interview at BombSite.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wen"The bad things are going to pass, and the good t…"The bad things are going to pass, and the good things are going to pass. That's the beauty of life and living moment to moment, and I try to capture that essence in my work." ~playwright Thomas Bradshaw
This conversation deals with simple questions about man’s ability to move on: is there a right way to deal with death and tragedy? Can you find laughs or even love at a funeral? One man’s answers to come to us from Bomb Magazine and an interview by cultural critic Margo Jefferson with award-winning playwright Thomas Bradshaw.
Interviewed by Margo Jefferson, theatre critic and professor
Read the full interview at BombSite.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wentag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/23932512The Bunny Mother on Life at New York’s Famed Playboy ClubThu, 22 Sep 2011 19:43:35 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/the-bunny-mother-on-life-at
00:05:30Blank on Blankno"That bunny dressing room was a magical place. It had anything you needed from mascara to a shoulder to cry on." ~ Elle Parrino, former Playboy bunny
Back in the 1960s the Playboy clubs were hot. Hugh Hefner’s nightclubs in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… all the big stars came out. The feminists hated the clubs. But the bunnies who waited tables in those custom-made, tight-fitting, satin get ups made a pretty good living. Elle Parrino says they were bringing in $500 a week, a huge sum back then. I wrote a profile on Elle for a weekly magazine in New York back in the early 2000s. She was approaching 60 at the time. Yet life, her life at the Playboy Club, was clearly still with her. So the story begins in 1965. Elle was almost 20 and she needed to find work. I taped conversation on one of those old school microcassette recorders. Enjoy the tape.
Interviewed by David Gerlach
March 2003 // Upper West Side of Manhattan at Elle's Restaurant // Microcassette recorder
Related profile originally appeared in “The L Magazine”
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Dave McGuire
Music Credits: The Larry Page Orchestra “Zabadak” // Juan García Esquivel “Miniskirt” // Piero Piccioni “Isabel”
Watch the video version of this interview at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/the-bunny-mother-on-life-at-the-playboy-club/"That bunny dressing room was a magical place. It…"That bunny dressing room was a magical place. It had anything you needed from mascara to a shoulder to cry on." ~ Elle Parrino, former Playboy bunny
Back in the 1960s the Playboy clubs were hot. Hugh Hefner’s nightclubs in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles… all the big stars came out. The feminists hated the clubs. But the bunnies who waited tables in those custom-made, tight-fitting, satin get ups made a pretty good living. Elle Parrino says they were bringing in $500 a week, a huge sum back then. I wrote a profile on Elle for a weekly magazine in New York back in the early 2000s. She was approaching 60 at the time. Yet life, her life at the Playboy Club, was clearly still with her. So the story begins in 1965. Elle was almost 20 and she needed to find work. I taped conversation on one of those old school microcassette recorders. Enjoy the tape.
Interviewed by David Gerlach
March 2003 // Upper West Side of Manhattan at Elle's Restaurant // Microcassette recorder
Related profile originally appeared in “The L Magazine”
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Dave McGuire
Music Credits: The Larry Page Orchestra “Zabadak” // Juan García Esquivel “Miniskirt” // Piero Piccioni “Isabel”
Watch the video version of this interview at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/the-bunny-mother-on-life-at-the-playboy-club/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/23505151Rona Steinberg on Crossing Paths with Bob Marley Right Before He Died of CancerFri, 16 Sep 2011 22:16:10 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/rona-steinberg-on-crossing
00:05:05Blank on Blankno"I do remember the image of him lying in his bed...Why was I able to get in there at the end of this life?" ~ dietitian Rona Steinberg on her encounter with Bob Marley
The year was 1981. It was springtime. Rona Steinberg was working at Cedars Medical Center. It’s down in Miami. That’s when Bob Marley, who had been battling cancer for a number of years, came in for treatment. Here’s what happened next.
Interviewed by David Gerlach
March 23, 2011 // Recording of Skype call
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Dave McGuire
Music Credits: Bob Marley and the Wailers “Dreamland”
Read the transcript and discover more unheard interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interview-category/bob-marleys-dietitian/"I do remember the image of him lying in his bed.…"I do remember the image of him lying in his bed...Why was I able to get in there at the end of this life?" ~ dietitian Rona Steinberg on her encounter with Bob Marley
The year was 1981. It was springtime. Rona Steinberg was working at Cedars Medical Center. It’s down in Miami. That’s when Bob Marley, who had been battling cancer for a number of years, came in for treatment. Here’s what happened next.
Interviewed by David Gerlach
March 23, 2011 // Recording of Skype call
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Dave McGuire
Music Credits: Bob Marley and the Wailers “Dreamland”
Read the transcript and discover more unheard interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interview-category/bob-marleys-dietitian/tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/22906251Bono on Playing Music for America Right After 9/11Thu, 08 Sep 2011 19:42:00 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/bono-on-playing-music-for
00:04:43Blank on Blankno"Post-September 11th, people are holed up with their CD collections. And music I think is a lifeline for people." ~ Bono
Just a few months after 9/11, Bono of U2 was speaking with journalist Anthony Bozza. Anthony was working at Rolling Stone back then and the magazine was looking back at this horrific year in America. And at this point in the tape we get hear Bono talk about playing for a fragile nation just weeks after that tragic September morning and how U2’s music took on a whole new meaning for both the fans and the band.
Interviewed by Anthony Bozza
October 2001 // By phone // Minidisc recorder
Read the related article at rollingstone.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wen
Music Credits: U2 “Please” // Scratch Massive “In the Dressing Room” // U2 “Stuck in a Moment” on the Late Show with David Letterman, 10/29/2001
Read the transcript and discover more unheard interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/u2s-bono-on-making-music-for-america-right-after-9-11/."Post-September 11th, people are holed up with th…"Post-September 11th, people are holed up with their CD collections. And music I think is a lifeline for people." ~ Bono
Just a few months after 9/11, Bono of U2 was speaking with journalist Anthony Bozza. Anthony was working at Rolling Stone back then and the magazine was looking back at this horrific year in America. And at this point in the tape we get hear Bono talk about playing for a fragile nation just weeks after that tragic September morning and how U2’s music took on a whole new meaning for both the fans and the band.
Interviewed by Anthony Bozza
October 2001 // By phone // Minidisc recorder
Read the related article at rollingstone.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wen
Music Credits: U2 “Please” // Scratch Massive “In the Dressing Room” // U2 “Stuck in a Moment” on the Late Show with David Letterman, 10/29/2001
Read the transcript and discover more unheard interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/u2s-bono-on-making-music-for-america-right-after-9-11/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/22895001Cherien Dabis on Thinking You're American Until a Town Says You're NotThu, 08 Sep 2011 17:08:26 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/cherien-dabis-on-thinking-your
00:05:08Blank on Blankno"My father’s patients, a lot of them, walked into his office and asked for their medical records back and left, because they didn’t want to see an Arab doctor. We got death threats." ~ filmmaker Cherien Dabis
What is it like to be kid, a girl who thinks she’s American, until a small town tells her she’s not? Filmmaker Cherien Dabis knows firsthand. She sat down with actress and director June Stein at a restaurant in Manhattan to talk about her family’s arrival in America. Dabis was the first member of her family actually born in the States; 1976 in Omaha to be exact. Her father is Palestinian, a pediatrician. Her mother is Jordanian. They moved to the heartland so her dad could do his residency, but the family’s adjustment was hard and a little rough.
Interviewed by June Stein
New York Restaurant // Digital recorder
Read the extended interview with Dabis at BombSite.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wen
Music credit: Belle and Sebastian “Consuelo” // Cinematic Orchestra “As the Stars Fall”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/cherien-dabis-on-being-told-you-arent-american/."My father’s patients, a lot of them, walked into…"My father’s patients, a lot of them, walked into his office and asked for their medical records back and left, because they didn’t want to see an Arab doctor. We got death threats." ~ filmmaker Cherien Dabis
What is it like to be kid, a girl who thinks she’s American, until a small town tells her she’s not? Filmmaker Cherien Dabis knows firsthand. She sat down with actress and director June Stein at a restaurant in Manhattan to talk about her family’s arrival in America. Dabis was the first member of her family actually born in the States; 1976 in Omaha to be exact. Her father is Palestinian, a pediatrician. Her mother is Jordanian. They moved to the heartland so her dad could do his residency, but the family’s adjustment was hard and a little rough.
Interviewed by June Stein
New York Restaurant // Digital recorder
Read the extended interview with Dabis at BombSite.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Producer: Shawn Wen
Music credit: Belle and Sebastian “Consuelo” // Cinematic Orchestra “As the Stars Fall”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/cherien-dabis-on-being-told-you-arent-american/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/22893811Patricia Clarkson on Love, Actors, and PoliticiansThu, 08 Sep 2011 16:50:01 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/patricia-clarkson
00:04:30Blank on Blankno"I understand why people fall in love when they work together. I understand why people can split." ~ Patricia Clarkson
In this edition we’re talking about love. Love in Hollywood and no love for politicians. This comes to the archive from actress Patricia Clarkson. She’s been in tons of films. A true presence on the screen. She’s also from Louisiana and a family with a long history in politics. Her mom a council member representing the French Quarter down in New Orleans. This an excerpt from a longer interview conducted by poet and author Howard Altman for our partner Bomb magazine. We jump into the interview, a conversation recorded during a film shoot in New Orleans, as Patricia Clarkson considers her life after acting.
Interviewed by Howard Altmann
2009 // during a film shoot in New Orleans // Digital recorder
Read the extended interview at BombSite.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music credit: Freddie Jackson “Easin’ on Down // The Underscore Orkestra “Devil with the Devil”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/patricia-clarkson-on-love-actors-and-politicians/.
"I understand why people fall in love when they w…"I understand why people fall in love when they work together. I understand why people can split." ~ Patricia Clarkson
In this edition we’re talking about love. Love in Hollywood and no love for politicians. This comes to the archive from actress Patricia Clarkson. She’s been in tons of films. A true presence on the screen. She’s also from Louisiana and a family with a long history in politics. Her mom a council member representing the French Quarter down in New Orleans. This an excerpt from a longer interview conducted by poet and author Howard Altman for our partner Bomb magazine. We jump into the interview, a conversation recorded during a film shoot in New Orleans, as Patricia Clarkson considers her life after acting.
Interviewed by Howard Altmann
2009 // during a film shoot in New Orleans // Digital recorder
Read the extended interview at BombSite.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music credit: Freddie Jackson “Easin’ on Down // The Underscore Orkestra “Devil with the Devil”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/patricia-clarkson-on-love-actors-and-politicians/.
tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/22891798Edward Droste on Learning Music at His Grandparents’ PianoThu, 08 Sep 2011 16:20:03 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/edward_droste
00:03:18Blank on Blankno"Gathering around a piano and singing together...it's a sort of an antiquated concept I think these days." ~musician Edward Droste of the band Grizzly Bear
The category freak folk is sometimes used to try and describe Grizzly Bear's music. But where did this type of sound come from? I’m talking way back. Beyond late night sessions, beyond the band seeking some sort of musical perfection. What are its roots? The answer to this kind of question is often a surprise, and Droste is no exception. Here’s musician Edward Droste on growing up around the piano with his grandparents.
Interviewed by Rick Moody, writer
Italian restaurant in Brooklyn
Read the entire interview with Edward Droste at BombSite.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music credit: Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks” // Ella Fitzgerald “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” // Owen Richards “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/edward-droste-on-growing-up-around-his-grandparents-piano/."Gathering around a piano and singing together...…"Gathering around a piano and singing together...it's a sort of an antiquated concept I think these days." ~musician Edward Droste of the band Grizzly Bear
The category freak folk is sometimes used to try and describe Grizzly Bear's music. But where did this type of sound come from? I’m talking way back. Beyond late night sessions, beyond the band seeking some sort of musical perfection. What are its roots? The answer to this kind of question is often a surprise, and Droste is no exception. Here’s musician Edward Droste on growing up around the piano with his grandparents.
Interviewed by Rick Moody, writer
Italian restaurant in Brooklyn
Read the entire interview with Edward Droste at BombSite.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music credit: Grizzly Bear “Two Weeks” // Ella Fitzgerald “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” // Owen Richards “A-Tisket, A-Tasket”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/edward-droste-on-growing-up-around-his-grandparents-piano/.tag:soundcloud,2010:tracks/22891562Performance Artist Cynthia Hopkins on Fearing People and Her CrowdsThu, 08 Sep 2011 16:16:41 +0000https://soundcloud.com/blank-on-blank/cynthia_hopkins
00:03:55Blank on Blankno"I am afraid of crowds of people. Performing on stage is the way I feel I can relate to other human beings the best." ~ performance artist Cynthia Hopkins
In this interview, we have performer and musician Cynthia Hopkins interviewed by Annie-B Parson, the artistic director for Big Dance Theater. The interview answers a simple, yet tough dilemma: How do you reconcile being downright scared of people and crowds if you’re always on stage?
Interviewed by Annie-B Parson, artistic director of Big Dance Theater
Around a kitchen table for breakfast
Read the entire interview at BombSite.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music credit: Blossom Dearie “Life Upon The Wicked Stage”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/cynthia-hopkins-on-fearing-people-and-her-crowds/."I am afraid of crowds of people. Performing on s…"I am afraid of crowds of people. Performing on stage is the way I feel I can relate to other human beings the best." ~ performance artist Cynthia Hopkins
In this interview, we have performer and musician Cynthia Hopkins interviewed by Annie-B Parson, the artistic director for Big Dance Theater. The interview answers a simple, yet tough dilemma: How do you reconcile being downright scared of people and crowds if you’re always on stage?
Interviewed by Annie-B Parson, artistic director of Big Dance Theater
Around a kitchen table for breakfast
Read the entire interview at BombSite.com
Host & Executive Producer: David Gerlach
Music credit: Blossom Dearie “Life Upon The Wicked Stage”
Read the transcript and discover more lost interviews at http://blankonblank.org/interviews/cynthia-hopkins-on-fearing-people-and-her-crowds/.